Okaikwei South Constituency ready for NPP primary

Mr Moses Frempong Manso, Constituency Chairman of Okaikwei South in the Greater Accra Region, has assured delegates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the necessary arrangements have been made to ensure a smooth electoral process come Saturday.

He said the needed logistics, finance among other things, was intact to allow for a smooth electoral process during the primaries.

Mr Frempong Manso revealed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Monday in Accra.

The Constituency, which has eight zones, namely: Avenor, Awodome, Bubui, Bubuiashie, Kaneshie, Kaatsean, Goten, and Mukose, has a total of 826 delegates expected to cast their votes.

According to the Chairman, voting would take place in all the eight zones to allow for social distancing, while observing other measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Voting is expected to begin at 7:00am on Saturday, and end at 5:00pm.

“At the end of the voting process, the ballots will be collated for counting, and finally, the winner would be announced,” he stated.

The Constituency Chairman urged the delegates to continue to ensure peace before, during and after the voting process, to prevent any unfortunate event that could affect the party in the general elections.

The primaries, which was initially slated for April 25, 2020, was cancelled and rescheduled to June 20 due to the ban on social gatherings to contain the spread of the virus.

It formed part of preparations towards the December 7, general elections.

The constituency has three aspirants, the incumbent, Mr Ahmed Arthur, Mrs Dakoa Newman, and Nana Fredua-Agyema Ofori-Atta, contesting for the parliamentary primary.

The winner of Saturday’s primaries would contest the National Democratic Congress aspirant for the parliamentary seat during the general elections.

Okaikwei South shares boundaries with Okaikoi North to the North, Osu Klottey to the South, Ablekuma Central to the West, and Ayawaso West to the East.

Source: GNA

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